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US Military is the Largest Investor in mRNA Synthetic Biology

Q1 2023: $1.8 billion was invested in mRNA technologies and the synthetic biology industry (SynBio) for Health Applictions, with the US military investing over $400mm.

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Karen Kingston
Jun 02, 2023
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May 23, 2023: Synthetic biology is a sector of biotechnology that focuses on merging technologies with biological life forms. Using Ai and gene-editing nanotechnologies, this sector also creates multi-species hybrid biotechnologies that mimic biological species and life forms.

In Q1 2023 (Jan-March), the total amount of private and government funding invested in the synthetic biology industry was $1.8 billion, of which $1.43 billion was in Health & Medicine with the US Military being the largest single investor by far.

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